A man’s conviction of methamphetamine and firearms crimes in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
was not prejudiced by the presence of an alternate juror in the deliberation room, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
Thursday.

A woman who lost her legs after an Indianapolis motorcycle crash isn’t entitled to a new trial even though hearsay evidence
was improperly admitted, including her statements that the crash was her fault.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a Northern District judge’s conclusion that a Dyer law firm’s professional
liability insurer did not have to cover a mistake by an associate in a client’s failed business deal because the firm
didn’t timely notify its insurer of a potential malpractice claim.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a defendant’s request to reduce his sentence after he pleaded
guilty to distributing crack cocaine. The judges also pointed out concerns with the use of a form order in his case.

A Hamilton County couple who went into default on their home mortgage loan had the dismissal of their action to quiet title
and claims of negligence and unconscionability upheld Friday by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Two months after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the state’s law prohibiting sex offenders from using certain
social media sites, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that Indiana Code 35-42-4-12 violates an Elkhart County man’s
First Amendment rights.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Tim Durham and two other men who promised to indemnify and post collateral
on a surety bond issued by Frontier Insurance Co. must post collateral on that bond.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a man’s argument that he and other prisoners do not need to pay appellate
filing and docketing fees, and so a District Court’s certification of appeal is irrelevant.

A man convicted of a federal charge that he transported drug money will be sentenced a third time after the 7th Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled Tuesday in a nonprecedential opinion that a resentencing the court ordered in 2010 did not sufficiently consider
his minor role compared with conspirators.

After initially vacating a District judge’s $600,000 sanction against SonCo Holdings for contempt of court and remanding
it to the lower court for more proceedings, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the sanction Friday.

Finding no error in the admittance of three photo identifications of a defendant following charges of kidnapping and extortion,
the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Lamar Sanders’ convictions and 25-year sentence Thursday.

A panel of distinguished judges, including one from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, will be on hand Friday evening to hear
final arguments in a case involving judicial recusal and eminent domain as part of the Indiana University Maurer School of
Law Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition.

A recent bankruptcy appeal tossing an Indianapolis shopping center’s reorganization plan further establishes that the
control of equity in Chapter 11 cases will be subject to competitive bidding and that insiders might be out of luck.

A dispute between a power generator and an electricity wholesaler should be heard in the state court, the 7th Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled after finding the central issues did not arise under federal law.

Columbus Regional Hospital, which was flooded following heavy rains in southern Indiana in 2008, is not entitled to an additional
$20 million in disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in addition to the $70 million it already
received, the 7th Circuit concluded Wednesday.

Each year, the 7th Circuit Bar Association honors members of the legal profession for their pro bono and public service work
who are from the host state of the association’s annual meeting. Indiana is hosting the meeting May 5-7 in Indianapolis.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Southern District Bankruptcy judge Thursday, finding the judge incorrectly ruled
that competition was unnecessary in a plan of reorganization involving a shopping center.

In light of the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Smith v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 714 (2013), the 7th
Circuit Court of Appeals’ Pattern Jury Instruction Committee has revised the withdrawal instructions.

In a matter of first impression in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and federal courts, the judges were asked to consider
whether a discrepancy between the observed color of a car and the color listed on its registration alone gives rise to reasonable
suspicion of criminal activity.

More than a decade’s worth of litigation was tied up in a 21-page opinion from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday,
which affirmed decisions in favor of a landowner against the owners of a nursing home lessee.

A judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals believed a defendant was entitled to resentencing because the District judge could
only view him through “career-offender tinted glasses” even though the career offender distinction did not ultimately
apply to him.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered U.S. Judge William T. Lawrence to take another look at a federal prisoner’s
Bivens lawsuit against prison staff and other unnamed defendants, finding that the lawsuit is actually written clearly
and not as long as the judge believed when dismissing it.